CONCEPT OF SPACE: WHAT IS IT-HOW IS IT PERCEIVED?

There is no doubt that space is one of the important elements of language construction. So much so that it has such an effect that the basic element we call verb can be transitive or intransitive. In this respect, we believe that it is important to know the place the space element occupies both in the eyes of Western thought and in the axis of Islamic thought. Because the concept of space is not just about the place where the action takes place in the sentence. Apart from the position it occupies in existence, the place it occupies in space and its dialogue with the void must also be taken into consideration. The concept of space is one of the elements of the synthesis of multiple thinking in both Western thought and Islamic thought. When looking at the works of Muslim philosophers, it is possible to see the place they occupy. Aristotle was decisive about space. We come across Aristotle's dominant thoughts in Western thought and Peripatetic philosophy, both during his time and after him. In Islamic thought, time presents a functional integrity in both its concrete and abstract form. For this reason, Arsito constituted our main area of investigation within the framework of Western thought in our study. Apart from Aristotle, Plato is another Greek thinker whose thoughts we have examined. When we came to the Islamic world, we started giving ideas about space as a natural reflex with al-Kindī. Then, we included the views of Ibn Sina (Avicenna), Ibn Rushd (Averroes), Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī, al-Fārābī and Ibn Arabi in our study. While making this determination, we tried to take into account the importance that philosophers gave to space in their works.